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Table 1 Distribution and incidence of Candida species

From: A seven-year surveillance study of the epidemiology, antifungal susceptibility, risk factors and mortality of candidaemia among paediatric and adult inpatients in a tertiary teaching hospital in China

 

Candida species

Total

C. albicans

C. glabrata

C. tropicalis

C. parapsilosis

C. krusei

others

(n = 201)

100.0%

(n = 81)

40.3%

(n = 73)

36.3%

(n = 28)

13.9%

(n = 8)

4.0%

(n = 6)

3.0%

(n = 5)

2.5%

Distribution n(%)

 Paediatric patients (≤16 years)

35(17.4)

16(45.7)

18 (51.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (2.9)

 0–28 days

32(15.9)

16(50.0)

15(46.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.1)

 29 days - 1 year

1(0.5)

0 (0)

1(100.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 2–16 years

2(1.0)

0 (0)

2(100.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Adult patients (> 16 years)

166(82.6)

65(39.2)

55(33.1)

28(16.9)

8(4.8)

6(3.6)

4(2.4)

 17–49 years

52 (25.9)

21(40.4)

19 (36.5)

7(13.5)

1(1.9)

3(5.8)

1 (1.9)

 50–65 years

56 (27.9)

11 (19.6)

23 (41.1)

14 (25.0)

5(8.9)

1(1.8)

2 (3.6)

  > 65 years

58(28.8)

33(56.9)

13(22.4)

7(12.1)

2(3.4)

2(3.4)

1(1.7)

Gender

 Male

114 (56.7)

44 (38.6)

39 (34.2)

19 (16.7)

6(5.3)

2 (1.7)

4 (3.5)

 Female

87 (43.3)

37 (42.5)

34 (39.1)

9(10.3)

2(2.3)

4 (4.6)

1 (1.1)

Incidence (episodes/1000 admissions)

 2013

0.20

0.06

0.12

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

 2014

0.22

0.09

0.10

0.03

0.00

0.00

0.01

 2015

0.27

0.10

0.12

0.02

0.00

0.03

0.00

 2016

0.37

0.23

0.10

0.04

0.00

0.01

0.00

 2017

0.32

0.10

0.14

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.00

 2018

0.16

0.06

0.07

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

 2019

0.26

0.08

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.01

0.03

 Mean annual incidence

0.26

0.10

0.09

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.01

  1. *Others include C. guilliermondii (3), C. haemulonii (3) and C. inconspicua (1)